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In “What Else Does it Mean,” learn the other meanings of “to groom” and “to let (someone) down.”
In the “Culture Note,” learn about “Corporate Succession.”
“Many companies “engage in” (are involved in) “succession planning,” trying to identify “new talent” (people who are good in a particular field or in a particular type of job) and groom…” – READ MORE in the Learning Guide
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ON WEDNESDAY
English Cafe 363
Topics: Cigarette advertising and cigarette icons; how local government works; to assist in versus to assist with; calf versus cub; to hold forth

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In “What Insiders Know,” you will read about “Limits on Alcohol Advertising.”
“The legal drinking age in the United States is 21, and anyone under this age is not legally allowed to drink alcoholic beverages. To help…” – READ MORE in the Learning Guide
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ON FRIDAYESL Podcast 825 – Political Advertising

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In “What Else Does it Mean,” learn the other meanings of “out of hand” and “fed up.”
In the “Culture Note,” learn about “Push Polling.”
” Some political campaigns use “questionable” (in doubt; controversial; not fully accepted) “tactics” (ways to do something) to…” – READ MORE in the Learning Guide

Dear Roble,
The answer is simple ! “Stick to Eslpod.”
Listen to Jeff lessons 5 or 6 times
Read Lucy’s scripts As mutch as you can
And , make sure you participate regularly in the blog forum we have going on here.
Read posts ,and put down your thoughts here.
Don’t worry If you make mistakes. We all do.
The beauty of our blog is nobody judges their bolgmates’ writing.

Take it from me , it is not that easy my man
Let me share sth with you

The nature of my previous job required me to talk to people. about 10 percent of the people i used to converse on the phone were non- native speakers with the variety of accents depending of the place of their origine . Let me tell you, it would happen more often than not that I couldn’t make anything of what they were saying.
They would speak in English but the accents would make it hard to comprehend them.
The thing is ,communicating on the phone , you don’t see the person so you don’t have the element of body language on your side.
And, That makes it sometimes very difficult!!!
I m telling you ,man

I am very happy to find your message this morning. I think of you and your encouragement every time I visit this website. It is very strange not to have your messages to read regularly.

However, as you have told us very clearly that you have been trying to recover, we understand and we will wait patiently for your wonderful stories.

All the best wishes to you.

Betty 🙂

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Myo Ko Ko who always leads us to thank our teachers has been absent a bit as well.

It is a shame that internet is very expensive in Myo Ko Ko’s country. That’s why he cannot leave a message here for us as often as we like to see.

Sometimes we really have to appreciate what we have got, and make the most of it.

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I am happy I have got my computer back yesterday. I am typing on my computer instead of on my iphone. I think my eyes are getting very bad since I have the iphone.

I really love that little monster, it is so clever, and I use it a lot.

When Dan told us to look up Brusimpiano, Italy, I entered the place on the map, clicked search, and all the “peace and quiet” appeared right in front of my eyes. Thanks Dan.

I found many “Strada” on the map of Italy. It reminds me of an Italian car I used to own many years ago. It was a Fiat Strada. My Fiat Strada was a small family car. But when I look at the Fiat Strada 2012 from YouTube, it is such a big vehicle. With time, everything changes beyond recognition.

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Autumn is here, the ground is covered with falling leaves. The old leaves are giving way to new leaves which will arrive in good time before we notice.